Data from: Unveiling hidden diversity: towards a functional trait framework for parasites
Cristina Llopis-Belenguer (1), Juan Antonio Balbuena (1), Katharina Lange (2), Francesco de Bello (3), Isabel Blasco-Costa (4)
(1) Symbiosis Lab, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, PO Box 22085, 46071, Valencia, Spain
(2) Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Surface Waters – Research and Development, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
(3) Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
(4) Natural History Museum of Geneva, PO Box 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland

e-mail for correspondence: Cristina.Llopis.Belenguer@gmail.com

Llopis-Belenger_et_al_functional_traits_parasites_Hostxspecies_matrix.csv
This file containes the host-by-parasite-species abundance matrix used in the study.

FISH_ID: Host (= fish) codes. The first figure denotes the time of sampling (3: spring, 4: autumn 2005). Letters indicate the locality (EDS: Ebro Delta, sea; SPL: Santa Pola, coastal lagoon; SPS: Santa Pola, sea).

Parasite species abbreviations:

Dper: Dicrogaster perpusilla
Fgib: Forticulcita gibsoni
Scep: Saccocoelium cephali
Sasp: Saccocoelium sp
Scur: Saccocoelium currani
Hspl: Haplosplanchnus pachysoma
Sspa: Schikhobalotrema sparisomae
Lput: Lecithobotrys putrescens
Lesp: Lecithobotrys sp
Leco: Lecithaster confusus
Spap: Saturnius papernai
Sdim: Saturnius dimitrovi
Smin: Saturnius minutus
Nper: Neoechinorhynchus personatus
Cbio: Cucullanus bioccai
Lmed: Ligophorus mediterraneus
Lcep: Ligophorus cephali
Lcha: Ligophorus chabaudi
Mce: Metamicrocotyla cephalus

Note: Cardicola sp. (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) was detected by the presence of eggs trapped in the gill vessels and heart of the hosts, this species was excluded from the analyses because the number of adult individuals was not systematically recorded.
